Lake Navajo Water Database

Navajo Lake, San Juan River, Fly Fishing

Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 156 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 43% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.04 on Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Mar 4, 2026

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.96 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.34% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 230,372 acre feet

This is 155.03% of the average of 148,601 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 113,938 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has risen by 112,787 AF and total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 116,434 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 270.7% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 57.71% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -3.68 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.66 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.16 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Mar 05, 2026
6033.04
0.01
989,411
499
301
61.9
30.6
Wed, Mar 04, 2026
6033.03
0.03
989,312
580
299
63.0
31.1
Tue, Mar 03, 2026
6033.00
0.06
989,014
716
305
58.6
37.4
Mon, Mar 02, 2026
6032.94
0.05
988,417
665
304
68.9
34.2
Sun, Mar 01, 2026
6032.89
0.03
987,920
565
305
71.4
34.9
Sat, Feb 28, 2026
6032.86
0.04
987,622
616
307
61.3
33.1
Fri, Feb 27, 2026
6032.82
0.03
987,225
565
306
62.6
27.5
Thu, Feb 26, 2026
6032.79
0.02
986,927
514
305
63.9
29.7
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
6032.77
-0.02
986,729
318
310
63.5
29.5
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
6032.79
-0.01
986,927
370
312
61.7
28.0
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
6032.80
-0.01
987,026
375
317
59.5
30.2
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
6032.81
-0.04
987,126
227
320
57.6
26.6
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
6032.85
-0.03
987,523
280
323
45.5
25.0
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
6032.88
0.00
987,821
431
324
38.1
27.9
Averages of List
6032.88
0.01
987,786
480.1
309.9
59.8
30.4

Averages for March 5th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6047.19
-14.15
1,201,955
967.72
830.38
55.21
27.06
All-Time
6032.50
0.54
1,091,481
891.56
883.41
55.21
27.06

Last 10 March 5th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Mar 05, 2025
6036.72
-3.68
1,026,558
368
377
52.6
27.5
Tue, Mar 05, 2024
6041.53
-8.49
1,076,814
252
388
53.2
39.5
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
6017.55
15.49
844,512
601
309
54.1
24.1
Sat, Mar 05, 2022
6017.98
15.06
848,278
714
382
50.0
34.0
Fri, Mar 05, 2021
6033.99
-0.95
1,049,247
320
399
62.0
26.0
Thu, Mar 05, 2020
6055.65
-22.61
1,293,454
444
416
66.0
21.0
Tue, Mar 05, 2019
6015.58
17.46
871,329
902
285
54.0
28.0
Mon, Mar 05, 2018
6051.48
-18.44
1,243,044
947
1085
45.0
15.0
Sun, Mar 05, 2017
6059.57
-26.53
1,342,348
1515
974
55.0
37.0
Sat, Mar 05, 2016
6064.85
-31.81
1,410,748
1257
488
70.0
33.0
Averages of List
6039.51
-6.47
1,100,850
656
468
54.4
30.0


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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